Author Archives: susan

There’s a new bookshop in town – antiquarian and second-hand – called Mount of Alex. Very exciting for the book-hounds of the area. A week ago I called in and asked about Joan Aiken books, because I stupidly gave away … Continue reading →

I’m going to be spending a lot of time in here because I have another Verity book to write. Deadline is April 2014. I began in earnest on the 1st of the month. I always like to make a new … Continue reading →

Trash. Rubbish. Disposable or disposed of. Your trash could be my treasure – or vice versa – but we all know sometimes it’s just what you need. What you have to have, along with soft-centred chocolates in the afternoon. Trashy … Continue reading →

When your part of the country is drought-prone, it seems all wrong to wish the rain would stop. But oh, I’m so tired of grey skies! A few days in a row of sunny weather had me tricked into believing … Continue reading →

A favourite book from my childhood was Anthony and Antimacassar by Mary and Rowland Emmett. It was first published in 1943; one of my parents must have bought it. Perhaps when they were in England in the early 1950s. Rowland … Continue reading →

Here’s the talk I gave at M.A.D.E as part of the Melbourne Writer’s Festival on Sunday. My Verity books are junior novels aimed at readers –who seem to be mainly girls – of around 10 to 12 or 13. They’re … Continue reading →

The CBCA Book of the Year awards were announced this week, and I’m so pleased for all the winning and honour book authors. I loved The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett, which I thought was an old-fashioned children’s … Continue reading →

Graeme Simpsion, author of the best-selling romantic comedy The Rosie Project, came to Castlemaine Library last Thursday evening to give a talk. I was there to sell books for Stoneman’s Bookroom, and though I wasn’t unduly grumpy about getting home … Continue reading →